Pizza Time Players

The Pizza Time Players are an American animatronic band based in Sunnyvale, California. The group were originally featured in Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre restaurants from 1977 to 1985.

The show is manufactured by Cyberamic Entertainment.

Timeline

 * Showbiz suspends the transferring of their profits to Pizza Time Theatre after an agreement is held between the two companies. Both chains had been experiencing financial difficulties.
 * Higher-ups at Showbiz worried about potentially running out of money.
 * They argued that the giving a portion of their income to Pizza Time Theatre did not actually benefit latter company.
 * Around the same time, Pizza Time Theatre founder Nolan Bushnell resigned from the company.
 * Facing pressure from angry creditors who were forced to pay for the company’s losses, Pizza Time Theatre files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on March 28, 1984.
 * All 152 owned-and-operated stores begin being liquidated.
 * The manufacturing department is spun-off from Pizza Time Theatre as its own independent company.
 * All major assets including trademarks, logos and characters are transferred to the new company, named Cyberamic Manufacturing.
 * John Impson, who was previously the division’s general manager and vice president is chosen as the new company’s leader.
 * The final Pizza Time Theatre restaurant closes in 1985.
 * Cyberamic Manufacturing begins to produce shows for amusement parks.